LSU’s coach is busy chewing his cud, feeling out the next play. The University of Alabama’s coach is constantly calculating his next move.
That’s what Les Miles and Nick Saban might want to have you think, at least. Each coach has cultivated a persona during their long tenures in college football. Each has found his own way to success.
“Les relishes and plays his role of the Mad Hatter,” CBS commentator Gary Danielson said. “He actually believes it’s to his advantage that people believe that he’s just running around on the sidelines calling plays with fortune cookies.